"HP Deskjet scanner suddenly stopped functioning"

I have an HP Deskjet F4180 all in one Printer/Scanner/Photocopier. I use the Deskjet's program "HP Solution Center" to scan or copy (etc) what I need to, and suddenly it just won't work. It was working perfectly fine, but now I get a pop up stating "hpqscnvw has stopped working, Windows is checking for a solution to the problem...." It cannot find a solution and instead closes the program.
I did an HP update on the software and it seems that ever since then, it will not scan. I do not have any other programs to scan with so HP Solution Center is the only one which I can use! I tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it but the program persists. Is there any way to get it to scan again? I don't want to buy a new scanner when the one I have is only a couple months old! Help please!